Leading ISP Chooses Pac-West to Supply Local Access Ports
STOCKTON, Calif., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
(Nasdaq: PACW), a rapidly growing provider of integrated communications
services to Internet service providers (ISPs) and business customers in the
western U.S., today announced that OneMain.com (Nasdaq: ONEM), one of the
largest independent ISPs in the country, has signed a $10 million, multi-year
service agreement for Pac-West to provide local access ports for its dial-up
Internet service.
"We are extremely pleased that OneMain has chosen Pac-West," said Joel
Effron, Pac-West's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "Currently,
over 30 percent of the nation's largest ISPs and ISP wholesalers use Pac-West
local access numbers. Our unique SuperPOP configuration and strong regional
footprint give ISPs, such as OneMain, a presence in virtually every local
access area in California, enabling them to offer their customers reliable
access to the Internet through a local call. By aggregating their incoming
calls into our SuperPOPs, ISPs can dramatically expand their coverage, and at
the same time, reduce their equipment and maintenance costs."
Mike Read, OneMain.com's president and chief operating officer, said,
"Reaching partnerships with leading national and regional carriers, like
Pac-West, is critical to our strategy of building out a national network and
establishing a national presence. These agreements will enable us to reduce
our telecom costs as we expand our coverage area to better serve individuals
and businesses in smaller metropolitan markets and rural communities."
About Pac-West
Founded in 1980, Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACW) is a rapidly
growing provider of integrated telecommunications services to Internet service
providers (ISPs) and small and medium businesses. With operations currently
in California, Nevada and Washington, Pac-West is expanding throughout the
western U.S. and expects to have operations in ten western states by the end
of 2000.
Pac-West supplies Internet infrastructure services to over 100 ISPs that
can either collocate and maintain their own equipment at Pac-West's switching
facilities, or subscribe to an integrated managed modem service that includes
access lines, modems, routers, authentication services, and technical support.
For its small and medium business customers, Pac-West offers an integrated
voice and data communications service that bundles local and long distance
service with telephone equipment, high-speed data transport, voice mail, and
maintenance. More information about the company is available at
http://www.pacwest.com .
About OneMain
Based in Reston, Virginia, OneMain.com (Nasdaq: ONEM) is "your hometown
Internet." With more than 700,000 subscribers, OneMain.com is one of the
largest independent Internet service providers (ISP) in the country.
OneMain.com provides Internet access, services and local content throughout
the United States to individuals and businesses predominantly located in
smaller metropolitan markets and rural communities. OneMain.com believes
these customers have traditionally been under-served by national ISPs and that
a great opportunity exists to meet the growing demand for on-line services in
these markets. More information about the company is available at
http://www.onemain.com .
Forward-Looking Statements
The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements. Pac-West's
future performance is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to deviate substantially from those discussed in these
forward-looking statements. Factors that could impact the variability of
future results include: successful execution of the company's expansion
activities into new geographic markets on a timely and cost-effective basis;
the pace at which new competitors enter the company's existing and planned
markets; competitive responses of the Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers;
execution of interconnection agreements with Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
on terms satisfactory to the company; maintenance of the company's supply
agreements for transmission facilities; continued acceptance of the company's
services by new and existing customers; the outcome of legal and regulatory
proceedings regarding reciprocal compensation for Internet-related calls and
certain of the company's product offerings; the ability to attract and retain
talented employees; and the company's ability to successfully access markets,
install switching electronics, and obtain the use of leased fiber transport
facilities and any required governmental authorizations, franchises and
permits, all in a timely manner, at reasonable costs and on satisfactory terms
and conditions, as well as regulatory, legislative and judicial developments
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results
indicated, expressed or implied, in such forward-looking statements. These
and other factors are discussed in the company's Prospectus dated November 3,
1999, and filed with the SEC.
For investor information on Pac-West Telecomm via fax at no additional
cost, please dial 1-800-PRO-INFO (732-544-2850 outside the U.S.) and enter
code PACW.
SOURCE Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Media, Kevin Maginnis, Director, Product
Management, email, kmaginni@pacwest.com, or investors, Rick
Bryson, Chief Financial Officer, both of Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.,
209-926-3300; or Daniel Greenfield, Director, Corporate
Communications of OneMain.com, 703-375-3016, email,
aniel.greenfield@corp.onemain.com; or general, Virginia Turner,
investors, Chris Wood, or media, Mary Wallace, 415-986-1591, all
of The Financial Relations Board
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